A plan aimed at ending nearly 30 years of deadlock over the creation of European companies

Date: 15/05/1997

was unveiled this week. Efforts to set up pan-European firms have always run into problems over the question of whether workers should be allowed to take part in management decisions. A group of experts chaired by former Commission vice-president Etienne Davignon argues employees should have the right to be full board members in any future European companies. But their report stresses employers could continue using current national models if they preferred.